Woven fabric.



No. 746,465. PATENTED DEC. 8, 1908. M. G.- COLLINS;

WOVEN FABRIC.

APPLIOATIO N FILED AUG. 5. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903 PATENT OEEIcE.

MATTHEW G. COLLINS, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO YORK SILKMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- PORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

WOVEN FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,465, dated December8, 1903.

Application filed August 5, 1908. Serial No. 168.314. (No specimens) Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW G. COLLINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at York, in the county of York, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of WovenFabrics, of which the following is a description, reference being had-tothe accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in v the manufacture of fabrics,and particularly to the manufacture of woven silk fabrics.

It has been heretofore proposed in the manufacture of goods to weaveinto the body thereof letters, characters, or other designations ofquality or ownership. In connection with the weaving of silk fabrics ithappens that a greater or less proportion of the pieces woven have somedefect or other and do not stand the tests of first-quality silks, whichit is the practice of manufacturers now to guarantee. It is sometimesthe practice to paste a slip containing a guarantee orevidence ofquality or ownership upon the-edges of pieces of silk; but this requiresmore or less labor, the strips are liable to be separated from thefabric,and there is nothing to prevent a dishonest retailer fromutilizing strips which have been removed from guaranteed goods they comefrom the looms, while with those that cannot be guaranteed it is onlynecessary to sever the portion upon which the guarantee is placed.

The invention, therefore, may be said to consist, primarily, in animprovement in the manufacture of silk or other fabrics, comprising awoven body portion having simultaneously formed with it a narrow selvageedge strip upon which is placed the trade-mark,

guarantee, or other evidence of quality or ownership, certain of thethreads adjacent the selvage edge strip and parallel therewith andbetween it and the finished edge of the body portion being omitted, sothat the piece of goods comes from the loom finished complete withguarantee-strip and all; but if a piece is not of proper quality thestrip containing the guarantee may be severed along the line where thethreads were omitted.

Secondly, the invention comprises a silk fabric having a woven bodyportion provided with a selvage edge strip simultaneously woven with thebody portion and having formed therein during the process of weavingletters or other characters indicating quality or ownership and havingthe edge of the body portion adjacent the selvage edge strip fornishedand connected with the selvage edge strip by a woven portion from whicha num- 7o ber of threads parallel with the edge strip have been omitted,whereby if the body portion of the goods is not up to standard theselvage edge strip containing the indications of quality or ownershipmay be severed from said body portion.

Thirdly, the invention comprises a silk fabric havinga woven bodyportion provided with a selvage edge strip simultaneously woven with thebody portion and having formed thereon during the process of weavingletters or other characters indicating quality orownership and havingthe edge of the body portion adjacent the selvage edge strip finishedand connected with the selvage edge strip by a woven portion from whicha number of warp-threads have been omitted, whereby if the body portionof the goods is not up to standard the selvage edge strip containing theindications of quality or ownership may be severed from said bodyportion.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which thefigure represents a plan view of a fabric embodying my invention, theedge strip being shown as par- 5 tially severed.

In the drawing the body porlion A of the silk is woven upon a loom ofusual construction, and at the same time the selvage edge strip B iswoven letters, characters, or other I00 designations of quality orownership, as at I), being interwoven with the edge strip. The bodyportion A of the fabric adjacent the edge strip is finished, as at a, soas not to unravel, certain of the warp-threads between the finished edgeand the selvage edge strip being removed, so as to form a line uponwhich the severing of the edge strip and body fabric may be performed.

It will be seen by this construction that the guarantee edge strip, theletters or characters thereon, and the body portion are all wovensimultaneously, and if the manufacturer cannot guarantee a piece whichhas been Woven all that it is necessary for him to do is to sever theguarantee-strip from the body portion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, silk or other fabric, comprising awoven body portion having simultaneously formed with it a narrow selvageedge strip upon which are placed letters or characters indicatingquality orownership, certain of the threads adjacent the selvage edgestrip and parallel thereto, and between it and the finished edge of thebody portion, being omitted; substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, silk fabric having a woven body portionprovided with a selvage edge strip simultaneously Woven with the bodyportion, and having formed therein (1 11 ring the process of weaving,letters or other characters indicating quality or ownership, and havingthe edge of the body portion adjacent the selvage edge strip finishedand connected with the selvage edge strip by a woven portion, from whicha number of threads parallel with the edge strip have been omitted,whereby if the body portion of the goods is not of proper quality theselvage edge strip containing the characters indicating quality orownership maybe severed from said body portion; substantially asdescribed.

3. As an article of man ufacture,a silk fabric having a woven bodyportion provided with a selvage edge strip simultaneously woven with thebody portion, and having formed thereon, during the process of Weavingletters or other characters indicating quality or ownership, and havingthe edge of the body portion ad jacent the selvage edge strip finishedand connected with the selvage edge strip, by a woven portion from whicha number of warpthreads have been omitted, whereby if the body portionof the goods isnot up to standard, the selvage edge strip containing theindications of quality or ownership may be severed from said bodyportion; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATTHEW G. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

H. G. WIEST, O. H. DEMPWOLF.

